Curtain-pole and shade bracket.



No. 895,665.. PATENTEDAUG. 11, 1908.

P. MCMIGHAEL.

CURTAIN POLE AND SHADE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED IEB. 21, 1908.

animator,

UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

FRANK MoMIOHAEL, OF DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO G. WOODRING,

' OF DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN-POLE AND SHADE BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK MQMICHAEL, citizen of the United States, residing at Dubois, in the county of Clearfield and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Pole and Shade Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in brackets of that type which are utilized for suspending a curtain pole or like member from a window frame, and aims to provide a bracket embodying a novel construction whereby the same can be readily applied to the Window frame without in any manner injuring or defacing the same.

I A further object of the invention is the provision of a bracket of this character which is simple and inexpensive in its construction and is provided with means for supporting both a curtain pole and a shade roller and holding the said members in proper relative positions.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

igure 1 is a perspective view of a bracket constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followin description and indicated in all the views 0 the drawings by the same reference characters.

Broadly speaking the bracket comprises a shank designed to be applied to the front of a window frame or the like and provided with means for supporting a curtain pole and shade roller, the upper end of the shank carrying a prong or fastening member adapted to be embedded in the body of the window frame. It will thus be apparent that the body portion of the bracket is merely pendent along the front of the frame and that the weight applied thereto has a tendency to embed the prongs or fastening members more deeply in the frame.

This bracket may be formed of any suitable material and embodies a shank 1 provided at an intermediate point with a laterally projecting hook member 2 designed to engage a curtain pole in the usual manner,

and at its lower end with an arm 3 projecting laterally in the plane of the hook member 2 and formed with a socket 4 adapted to engage a shade roller. Projecting laterally in opposite directions from the upper end of the shank 1 are the arms 5, the extremities of the arms being deflected rearwardly as indicated at 6 and provided with the downwardly extending prongs 7. These prongs 7 are adapt ed to be embedded in the top of the window frame, the curtain pole and shade roller being supported in the usual manner by the hook members 2 and arms 3 respectively.

While the bracket may be formed of any suitable material, it is illustrated on the drawing as constructed from a single length of wire which is doubled upon itself at an intermediate point. The shank 1 comprises two strands of wire 1 and 1 which are twisted together, the said strands being bent laterally at the lower,end of the shank to form the shade supporting arm 3, the socket 4 at the extremity of the arm being constituted by a rentrant loop of the wire. An intermediate portion of the strand 1 of the shank is looped upon itself and suitably bent to form the hook member 2 for supporting the curtain pole. At the upper end of the shank the wire strands are separated and bent laterally in opposite directions to form the arms 5 which carry the prongs 7 as previously set forth. From the foregoing description it will be obvious that the bracket can be easily applied to a window frame or the like, or detached therefrom and that it will support both the curtain pole and shade roller in proper relative position.

Having thus described the invention, What isclaimed as new is:

1. A bracket of the character described formed of a single length of wire and comprisinga shank formed of two strands of wire, one of the strands being looped at an intermediate point to form a pole support and the lower end of the shank being provided with a laterally extending shade roller supporting arm, while the upper end of the shank is formed with oppositely extending lateral arms carrying downwardly projecting prongs for the purpose specified.

2. The herein-described curtain pole and shade bracket which is formed of a single length of wire and comprises a shank composed I of two strands of wire which are twisted together, one of the strands being arms carrying downwardly projecting prongs, 10 looped at an intermediate point, and the for the purpose specified.

looped portion being bent to form a hook In testimony whereof Iaffix myrsignaturew fordengagfimerlilt a pole, anal she lolwer in presence of two witnesses.

en oftesa ein royie wit a laterally extending arrn in which the wire FRANK MCMIOHAEL' has a reentrant portion for engaging a shade Witnesses:

roller, while the'upper end of the shank'is G. WOODRING,

formed with oppositely extending lateral G. R. WHITE. 

